Building Climber
On November 21, 1980, Dan Goodwin witnessed the MGM Grand fire in Paradise, Nevada, United States, including the inability of the Clark County Fire Department and the supporting fire departments to rescue scores of hotel guests trapped inside. Believing he knew how to rescue the trapped people, Goodwin presented a rescue plan to the on-location fire boss. Goodwin's plan included his climbing up the building and connecting cables to the floors to enable rescue baskets to be ferried to and from helicopters. The fire boss responded by threatening Goodwin with arrest and then ordered him escorted from the scene. The following day, Goodwin approached the fire chief of a Las Vegas Fire Department sub-station and presented his rescue plan. The fire chief told Goodwin he needed to climb a building to learn of the dangers of high-rise firefighting and rescue. The following Memorial Day, Goodwin scaled the outside of the then-tallest building in the world, the then-named Sears Tower in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
| History of Building Climbs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Name of the building | Location | Height | Tool |
| May 25, 1981 | Sears Tower | Chicago, Illinois | 108 Floors | Suction Cups / Camming Device / Sky Hooks |
| November 7, 1981 | Renaissance Tower (Dallas) | Dallas, Texas | 56 Floors | Suction Cups / Hands & Feet |
| November 11, 1981 | John Hancock Center | Chicago, Illinois | 100 Floors | Self-Made Climbing Device |
| February 7, 1982 | Simon Bolivar Centre | Caracas, Venezuela | 30 Floors | Hands & Feet |
| February 14, 1982 | Parque Central Complex | Caracas, Venezuela | 56 Floors | Suction Cups / Sky Hooks / Hands & Feet |
| May 30, 1983 | World Trade Center - North Tower | New York, New York | 110 Floors | Suction Cups / Camming Device |
| March 9, 1984 | Nippon Television Tower | Tokyo, Japan | 10 Floors | Suction Cups |
| February 27, 1985 | Bonaventure Hotel | Los Angeles, California | 30 Floors | Suction Cups / Hands & Feet |
| June 26, 1986 | CN Tower | Toronto, Canada | 100 Floors | Hands & Feet (scaled twice on same day) |
| September 6, 2010 | Millennium Tower | San Francisco, California | 58 Floors | Suction Cups / Hands & Feet |
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